In August the support team at Octagon Technology edited the company’s newsletter – whilst Diana and I were away. They chose a theme of artificial intelligence (AI) – here are the articles they wrote: Careful with that A.I. Eugene ! / How NOT to A.I. / Stop feeding the machine. …
Why Cyber Security Awareness Training is Importatnt?
Whatever technical defences you (and I) rely on, there is a probability that the threat actors will find ways to bypass them: Microsoft 365 anti-phishing feature can be bypassed with CSS (bleepingcomputer.com) If the phishing email gets as far as your team member’s inbox, they had better be able to …
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Putting the effort in – 3000 fake accounts
Hackers known as “Stargazer Goblin” running a network called Stargazers Ghost Network have been distributing malware, in particular info-stealing malware via over 3,000 fake accounts on GitHub. Over 3,000 GitHub accounts used by malware distribution service (bleepingcomputer.com) Using these accounts, compromised WordPress websites and relying on GitHub’s reputation as trusted …
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Not CrowdStrike – Kombat Hamsters
Not all the news this week is going to be about a global company messing up their updates! Threat actors are always looking for the quickest and easiest way to reach the greatest number of victims – that is how their “business model” works! So exploiting a game with 250 …
Do you use Ticketmaster for your events?
If so it is time to speak to your cyber security support and check if your customer’s data has been compromised? Ticketmaster confirms massive breach after stolen data for sale online (bleepingcomputer.com) The ransomware gang, Shiny Hunters, has tried to sell the Ticketmaster data on the Dark Web. Here is …
